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Itching and Blood Pressure Medication
by baseball6, May 26, 2006 12:00AM
My Mom is 82. She took a blood pressure medication and now she has hives. She took the BP med for 2 weeks before the hives came. How long does ot take for the hives to leave, assuming the blood pressure med was the cause. Does it take a while because even though she quit taking the BP med about a week ago, the hives are still there.
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I hope she didn't just stop taking the BP meds. I'm sure you meant to say she was switched to something else. It would be very dangerous to stop BP meds like that without being under a doctors order to do so.
Hives are red, itchy welts or swellings on the skin that often come in clusters.Hives can appear anywhere on the body, cropping up either in one small area or covering large patches of skin. They most often occur as part of an allergic reaction. No one lesion lasts more than 24 hours, but new ones may continue to appear until the condition resolves.
Hives are often caused by a hypersensitivity to:
•Foods (commonly eggs, shellfish, nuts, berries, dyes, or other additives)
•Drugs (any drug can touch off an allergic reaction, although allergies to penicillin, sulfa, and aspirin are especially common)
•Pollens and plants (nettles, poison ivy, poison oak, and so on).
Try an over-the-counter antihistamine to reduce your body's response to the irritant and to relieve pain. To soothe itchy skin, try cold compresses, calamine lotion, a cool shower.
If you have hives that linger for six weeks or more, ask your primary care doctor for advice. He or she may refer you to a specialist such as an allergist or immunologist.
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